syrian and international chemical experts converge in moscow to discuss how damascus can get its toxic arsenal out of the country the condition that prevented an american strike in the war torn state that's among the stories that made the year twenty thirteen. a saudi blogger and activist faces execution for rejecting islam after already being sentenced to seven years in prison and six hundred lashes we talked to a human rights campaigner about his case. and the british economy could limp past a sluggish germany with the next two decades a new forecast but for those who are not part of the affluent elite there is little cause to celebrate.

this is our day international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina. now it's been almost three years and there's still no end inside for the war in syria which has escalated way beyond a conventional standoff between rebel forces for twenty certina has brought more trial and trauma for the people of the country and more obstacles for the global players trying to broker a solution. a study by the fans consultancy earlier this year showed that out of one hundred thousand rebels in syria are fred managed into multiple gangs more than half are extremist jihadism faggots make up around ten percent of the armed opposition while warmer than a third are thought to be islamic hardliners and the rest are more moderate but they were voices are being increasingly drowned out by the radicals are. in the

midst of a war on the christian town which suffered a deadly assault from al qaeda linked radicals. listen to. the mood is cheerful soldiers are smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out then look at this some of them were killed some of them escaped but the . locals joined the army to defend the native town the soldiers in light colored uniforms of the so-called national defense but most of the terrain here is very difficult with mountains and caves but we know the area better so we are carrying on with the operation of that but we come across one grocery shop owner who we filmed back in two thousand and twelve here then he told us that the armed rebels

hasn't come to their village and why would they this time he's armed with a gun and a monster and soldiers and he has some question is again the story of the thirty of syria is a land of history and of love there was no they sent terrorists here from all corners of the world to kill syrians and each other why would your eye off the world i mean why if the european citizen is so much just slapped across the face they'd be a scam going on in syria without many victims how many hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered to come why will it stop with quickly find out that it won't be today held by the militants for a week it seems that mountain tops of fear hotel still poses a threat that sufi hotel our goal was the liberated them push on to my car from one of the we could do it best like this reverie where malala is home to many christian churches and monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either

crosses on the rx now added to these we see blag to harvest flags. it's time to head back. to trial in the car something goes wrong whoa whoa. whoa. we take cover in a place where we find dozens of army soldiers hiding from enemy's bullets. the main road is being targeted and it's he's our only way out. we think over our chances when our engineer gets heat. is going to know you're going to kill them first you must get if you scratch. but. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we come to a to minutes more. ok much of

a shock when i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here because this was. the first of no no no. so. this has been anything done to back then they go there are clear a lot. more focus also during the blitz did you hear them whizzing by full of shit but now say that we've reached the safe area of. the fire and you're behind this new three hundred told that this is the syrian army here to be

careful you don't know if you were there is too much so you got to say. and we leave while government. forces continue their princely form on the levee which despite the claims remains under siege. from syria. and things came to an had in august this year when the us threatened to bomb syrian targets washington accused the us government of a chemical attack outside damascus that killed hundreds of civilians but was unable to produce proof moscow moved in to defuse the situation picking up on an american suggestion that syria voluntarily destroy its chemical arsenal that resulted in a un resolution kickstarting the disarmament process which according to critics has plenty of pitfalls. comical weapons were not there just for fun they were there it was a really good way it was going. ok.

so it was a broader. question but the weapons of mass destruction pretty solid in the middle east. blog. so there's something more for it's good it's like birth or for the broader. not. these are there it's our here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that sums up jobs the gulag of our tribes. is an undeclared global battlefield in which young and just one of the front lines .

this man may be put to death in saudi arabia as a judge there says he should face charges of rejecting islam blogger and activist is currently in jail after being sentenced to seven years and six hundred lashes he was earlier convicted of making and to islamic statements on his website the father of three would face the death penalty if found guilty of giving up his religion but the obvious wife and children have had to flee to lebanon human rights activists hollow the sari says he's case is not about face. he has been deeply denied information really. just basically because there is no charges or clear evidence there is no. no information relayed to him as what is his sentence system where has been denied and when you cadence his lawyer i haven't

been able to communicate through a regular basis or the terms he has been a concern for him to a decent for over a year and there it is not the things that you say. based on the on the brakes there is nothing except that a general. description of his attitude as an accepted so to believe that this is a political i can see more than anything with a complete evidence. and human rights groups accuse the saudi authorities of persistently going after activist amnesty international has labeled dr badawi's trial a clear case of intimidation saying that it is a prisoner of conscience who should be released immediately the saudi government has come under sustained criticism for human rights abuse and a handful of citizens have been found guilty of sorcery and then executed last year saw women flogged for driving only men are allowed to get behind a wheel in saudi arabia taking part in pro reform activism or anti-monarchy

campaigns can have you flogged and thrown into jail the situation is even worse for migrant workers in the country and they're often left unpaid and risk prison if they complain where they can be raped and tortured. now it's been a very special christmas for turkey as a prime minister tries to prevent the government from being blown apart by corruption scandal crowds in the streets keep up their calls for his resignation and that's ahead in the program. some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. coupons but they are territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for europe. to day

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saying business as usual. for many of those working here in the city of london two thousand and thirteen has been a year of prosperity thanks to a tax cut that kicked in earlier this spring the u.k.'s highest earners have been able to make even more money this year the rate of tax for people earning over one hundred fifty thousand pounds per year has gone down from fifty pence to forty five so for every hundred pounds they earn over that fifty pounds used to go straight into the treasury but that figure has now been reduced and now they're only paying forty five pounds to the tax man from every hundred now all these save five as a rounding up in the u.k. is all position labor party has done the math they say that collectively the u.k.'s highest earners have saved almost one hundred million pounds thanks to the tax cuts you have seen the longest fall in living standards on record you've got half

a million people using fruit parents now you've got i think homelessness is up by around since two thousand and these are serious problems why is the government choosing to cut taxes and found like this when the government's made such play of the need for stars this is bizarre and there's very little evidence that it's benefited the u.k. economy so most people. have their tax cut they're not investing that money this investment is still on the floor they're just trying to basically london isn't called a millionaire's playground for nothing you have more super rich individuals living in the capital than anywhere else in the world you have the world's most expensive houses here and butlers a back in fashion but away from the glitz and glamour thirty million brits are going to be starting the new year living in poverty u.k. prime minister david cameron has been fighting off claims that his political party

only represents the privileged few but this latest. cuts only benefits the richest one percent. see london. and across the atlantic while taxes are point of contention its executive bonuses that are revoking more and more among the public and you reports suggest that this year us bankers will be paid almost a hundred billion dollars and top of their salaries is goldstein an activist from the owner from the other ninety eight percent pro quality group those same banks are still receiving subsidies from taxpayers these big wall street banks pay their employees a very high b. salary usually in the range of like one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand but then on top of that they get this sort of performance bonus and the way that they're tallied is there's a number of surveys they basically have to us how much money they have set aside for bonuses in two thousand and thirteen and that's how we arrived at the ninety one point four four billion dollars it is crazy right especially when you think

about earlier this year there was this bloomberg article about how the government there is like a government subsidy of eighty three billion dollars so it's almost as if all of that government subsidy is just going right back into bonuses but this is just way that wall street has worked for a really long time before so we're going to continue to see these problems and that's why we're saying listen you shouldn't get to take these big dollars that you've gotten in this bill gotten ways and give them to yourselves you should give it back to the people that you've harmed. now it's a drug that makes people act like zombies later this hour our ford on the devastating effects of a deadly nerve katic that's cheap addictive and scarily simply simple to make. protesters have spilled into the streets of turkey trying to deliver a final blow to the government which is now teetering on the brink of collapse activists are demanding that it resign on mass and a corruption scandal that's already forced the prime minister to replace ten obvious cabinet members commentators say russia have erred on this prospects are looking good at the moment it is the biggest political corruption. if it is the

case it is more than one hundred billion euros. some sources say i think the government is having difficulties to. cover the prime minister the video harmed by this and i think the internal reactions and every move from the broad there will be more strong positions and the government. somehow to try to defend. a lot of credit in the eyes of trade and to also in the international public opinion and in our website we delve deeper into the bribery scandal that's causing red faces in the turkish leadership had r.t. to kong for that. and a look at some other stories making headlines around the world now thousands of protesters have marched through the bulgarian capital calling for the resignation of the socialist led government and snap elections students studying abroad and

returning home for christmas joining the rallies as part of the so-called early risers protest movement into government demonstrations have become a regular side of bulgaria over the past six months since the government was caught up in a scam. israel has launched a new round of airstrikes on gaza imitation against two rocket attacks from the palestinian territory tel aviv says a target of militant sites including ours production and storage facilities it's the second wave of strikes in the space of three days the previous one left a six year old girl dead. at least twenty nine people have died in a bus crash in central thailand there were forty passengers on board the vehicle skidded off a bridge smashing through the rail and one going into a ravine fifty metres below police say the driver may have been speeding or dozed off at the wheel. a fire in a shopping mall has killed at least four people and injured thirty five in

southwest china the blaze caused by a natural gas explosion quickly spread throughout the building it took twenty eight firefighter crews four hours to put out the flames the search for survivors is still ongoing one of the. it's a narcotic that's ravaged parts of provincial russia named crocodile because of the scaly marks it leaves on the body of words injected the concoction is highly addictive and ingredients are dirt cheap but you caution about now reports on the horrific effects of a deadly drug. it's two years since drug addict alexina lost his best friend and every december his visits his grave. under was a group of he was into advertising he was involved in several projects but the thing just couldn't get chased him to do that thing was dust some more for. an extremely addictive opioid to reach users inject it's better known as crocodile because it gives addicts gangrenous skin as also described as the flash to be

dropped it causes severe brain damage or skin eventually falls off and kills addicks within two years alexy managed to escape the consequences of the drug but his story is more of an exception than the rule in reality those who try the so-called world's deadliest drug even ones pay dearly for the cheap oil and all too often they end up here or abroad and you've got to remember boyfriend couldn't work because of the drug he needed to inject again it became an obsession in the end he was only working to afford the crocodile is cheap costing just in terms of the price of regular herring and most worryingly manufactured at home using over the counter chemicals. your proposal would be one of the main factors widespread over to responsible decisions made about could be under the ninety's where the health minister it was the sales regulations of medicine which contains called the

well no one needed any prescription to buy such medicine. alexy agreed to show us just how easy it is to get the vital ingredient painkillers just when. we were on our way to the drugstore i don't have a new prescription but i believe i'll get everything i need to it's not a problem. it didn't take him just five minutes. alexy tells us that crocodile is made like buying candy with the ordinary household detergents or invent gasoline larry summers just didn't even add so many different really dangerous toxic ingredients and get all they get in return is a very intense and very short time i did dixon has developed some. just falls out of an heroin this is a drug is poor there's a condom who doesn't get it you rushes problem with a crocodile peaked at the turn of the century sense that and the veil ability of

coding has been happily restricted and pharmacist as one of the lockyer addicts who survived after quitting crocodile alexy has a stark warning. on the new deal with you don't do it this thing just turns you into a monster. the painful it's so scary you lose everything your friends your family you know everything. i do to question our moscow go all the arctic thirty environmental protesters can finally leave russia and go home moscow has dropped all charges against them for trying to board an offshore oil rig it has started issuing exit visas so get the full story on our website and. it turns out that politicians hollywood big shots and even vatican officials don't practice what they preach what it comes to piracy as it emerges steven downloading huge amounts of illegal content all the details are on our website r t dot com.

coming up it's politicking with the legendary larry king on r.t. international. to the. seasons he has put has already been plenty to celebrate this december on this month's show we learn how the future of pencil lazy section stone call to make movies with an instant messenger underbidding lucia exoskeleton makes life work of heavy lifting. she obtained cheer on. the contrary.

from j.f.k.'s assassination to nine eleven the famous the infamous a fascinating look inside history of instant change then shaped america truly odd is the blues i'll take you on the big schools who tour inside the nation's newseum in washington d.c. all next on politics with larry. welcome to politicking with larry king one a special show we have you in a day we have a tour of the incredible newseum in washington d.c. kavita rose will be my partner on this tour she is the vice president of exhibits

here at the newseum and you're going to see an incredible story the history of news in america in all phases of news in this hour on this world structure come along for the trip. is the gallery which contains the suit worn by football legend slitted of murder and door where events behind didn't lead to a president's impeachment. where we know where big news history gallery

where we tell the story of five centuries of news history one important stories is that scandal stories of always been with a celebrity stories have been here since the beginning of reporting people think it's some new invention and one of the things that's really intriguing here is this suit that o.j. simpson moore in court on the day he was acquitted in one thousand nine hundred five this of course was the story of the decade how did you get that suit we were able to work with i think one of the attorneys who had it and it's a gift from them and this was a custom tailored two thousand dollars suit that was chosen carefully by jury consultants on his side to make the best impression in court orders brought me to los angeles and i was in that office would do. gee you go right by invitation so we cover the bad in the good you do and that's important for folks to know here that there's extraordinary things that happen because of journalism and there's also

a few mistakes that have been made along the way. look at these kind of weird when you've interviewed people. since going back to one nine hundred fifty seven. so this is fifty six years so as i walk through this is the door of watergate right yes in the building it is hard to get this story is the only broken right yeah this is the door this is one of the most historic doors in journalism in political history this was the door that the burglars shot before the break in at the d.n.c. back in the seventy's that lead ultimately to the downfall of president nixon this is part of the great history of the washington post and the story that they won the pulitzer prize for and we got it because after the investigation was over the janitor of watergate took it home and put it in his basement and so we were able to work with him to acquire this for the museum and this picture i know everyone in

this picture that's katharine graham spent many hours at her house. is woodward and bernstein howard simons who is ben bradley chief assistant. at the washington post you know that was the dream team they were the key players in that incredible story that really changed history story of watergate it's all here and mark records the presses as watchdogs on all of us. i got my job for the washington post gerald ford who succeeded nixon. credible place folks you're listening to the larry king show live from the nation's capital to give my existing let's review is. one of the things i do to fix the wrong frank is my guest is frank zappa sister's a frank will testify with others it to what is a sold out hearing m.t.v. is going to telecast it live while folks on the museum. you bet.